Resources

We provide you in this section with several sources of information that we hope will assist you with in dealing with the many scientific, legal, social, and personal issues you may be facing when you are faced with DNA identity and family relationship testing.  Genetica DNA Laboratories Inc. does not endorse or make any warranties or representations about these sources of information.  However, we provide these references to assist you in your quest for information on issues related to DNA identity testing. We hope that you will find this information useful.

Legal resources

USlegalforms.com
Founded by attorneys and operated by attorney staff: U. S. Legal Forms, Inc., U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. is the publisher of State Specific legal forms over the Internet.  The site provides over 36,000 legal documents and forms, including wills, name change, divorce, premarital agreements, paternity.  http://www.Uslegalforms.com/paternity-forms.htm

Findlaw.com
FindLaw is a legal Web site, providing the comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet. http://family.findlaw.com provides articles and resources for adoption, child custody, child support, divorce, marriage.  This site also provides a database of 1,000,000 lawyers and helps you locate an attorney in your area.

Child support information

National Child Support Agency
To visit your state’s homepages of The Office of the Child Support Enforcement Agency for services and/or contact information go to: http://www.ncsea.org/content.asp?contentid=527

Counseling resources

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
AAMFT is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. Since 1942, the AAMFT has been involved with the problems, needs and changing patterns of couples and family relationships. The association increases understanding, research and education in the field of marriage and family therapy, and ensures that the public's needs are met by trained practitioners. The web site also help you to locate a marriage and family therapist throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. http://www.aamft.org

Helping Children of Divorce.
Get information on helping children, adults, and families with adjustments due to loss or separation from one or both parents. www.helpforkids.com

Parenting resources

Parent Coaching Services
Parent Coaching Services help all parents be the parents they want to be every day. http://www.aaaparentcoach.com

Dadlabs.com
Website for expecting, new, and veteran dads and the women features parenting information,  books and magazines. http://www.dadlabs.com

Making Lemonade – The Single Parent Network
You can access resources for single parents at this web site. http://www.makinglemonade.com/

Parenthood.com
Get information on parenting on this web site. http://www.parenthood.com

Educational DNA science resources

Online Course “Use of DNA in Human Identification”:
Genetica DNA Laboratories, Inc., in partnership with American Forensic Nurses, Inc., is offers the online course, “Use of DNA in Human Identification”. This is an introductory course to the human DNA identity testing. It is specifically designed to provide medical-legal professionals with the understanding of the DNA typing technology and its applications to DNA identity and family relationship testing. This course provides an opportunity for medical-legal professionals, i.e., health care professionals, family law attorneys, law enforcement professionals, private investigators and others, to acquire essential information about DNA testing and specimen collection services, to understand the processes, procedures, data interpretation, and the current accuracy and limitations of DNA identity and family relationship testing. For additional information on this Course, go to: http://www.amrn.com/dna_id_new1.html

DNA Interactive
Learn the science of DNA and its applications on this web site that is funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  http://www.dnai.org

Forensics DNA technology
Learn about the forensic use of DNA technology on this web site from the Human Genome Project Information. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml

Short Tandem Repeat DNA
Learn about the applications of short tandem repeat DNA markers to human identity testing. http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/